Outside Fundamental Kai
It was a matter of pride. In him.
They never asked if we was going to be okay, so he never had to look at them with eyes that said, "are you fucking kidding me..?"
It would have been a joke. Because this was Kai. If there was anyone on earth you didn't have to worry about, it was Kai.
They didn't know their limit. He was gone for hours. Days.
Months.
Miss him—that took a week. Fear for him..? Fear for him?
No, never—this, this was Kai. And—
He came back before anyone... So they never tried to follow him. They never tried to find him. Because maybe they understood—that he needed this of them. That this was all he asked of them. That they leave him to it. That they grant him his pride.
It was a matter of pride… in Kai.
The one you didn't worry about. Even if he was broken on the floor, breathless, bleeding. Even if you didn't know where he'd gone or what had happened to him—you just couldn't be afraid. You couldn't treat Kai like a human. This was Kai… and that… doing that would be a joke…